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arlenefinnigan
Six Czech Poets | Alexandra Bchler
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Poetry can give a unique insight into other cultures, and that's the case with this anthology. A lot of the poems are quite dark, with some disturbing imagery, which perhaps isn't surprising, given Czechia's history in the 20th century. An interesting and powerful collection.

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arlenefinnigan
Six Czech Poets | Alexandra Bchler
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Post holiday reading. It's been a lovely couple of weeks. #BooksAndBooze

Dilara Glad you enjoyed your Czech holiday 😁
I am definitely wishlisting this book!
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arlenefinnigan @Dilara thanks, it was amazing! 1mo
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arlenefinnigan
The Good Soldier Schweik | Jaroslav Hasek
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When you accidentally stumble on a bar named after the book you're reading

Ruthiella What are the chances !?!? 🤯 1mo
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arlenefinnigan
The Good Soldier Schweik | Jaroslav Hasek
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Next up

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Leftcoastzen
Children of the Holocaust | Arnot Lustig, Jeanne N?mcov, George Theiner
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Donated to Goodwill, made the mistake of going in !
#minihaul😄

Ruthiella The temptation is strong! 😆 2mo
Suet624 Those look like interesting reads! 2mo
Leftcoastzen @Suet624 I thought so ! 2mo
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ChaoticMissAdventures
Too Loud a Solitude | Bohumil Hrabal
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Panpan

Sometimes classics hit right and you understand why they are standing the test of time, and sometimes not at all. Unfortunately this is one of those lesser times. I hate the repetitive nature of his writing, you really need to know your philosophy and Eastern European literary critics (he throws a bunch of dead white men's names at you just to let you know he knows who they are). There are a lot of scenes with bodily fluids? Luckily this will 👇

ChaoticMissAdventures Probably not stick with me, I cannot imagine me remembering much of this very slim volume, where nothing much happens for very long. I was hoping to get a feel of Prague from it before my trip this week but now I am just hoping women are treated better today in Czech then this guy sees them. 2mo
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ChaoticMissAdventures
The Other City: A Novel | Michal Ajvaz, Gerald Turner
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Oh no! This one is not for me. I normally like rambling existential books, and try to give things 50 pages but I am 15 in , have no idea what us going on - a guy found a book with funny writing and weird things are going to happen but only a couple of sentences a page seem to actually matter to the story. I have a bunch of other Prague books I need to get to so going to skip this, it was also my #doublespin

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@Dilara @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Sometimes it's just good to find out a book isn't for you and get it off the list!! 3mo
Dilara Oh well. Let's hope you like your other books better 😁 3mo
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Tkimsal
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It was beautiful this afternoon, not too humid, not too hot. I didn‘t want to go back to work after lunch. My current read.

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TieDyeDude
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I haven't been able to really dig into this yet, but I am so happy Glen and Marketa have reconnected to release more music. The couple songs I've heard are delightful. I have such great memories of seeing them around the release of their movie Once.

#tuesdaytunes

TheBookHippie I‘m so happy for this!!!! 4mo
willaful I love Once so much... 4mo
AmyG Oh nice! 4mo
Deblovestoread 💙💙💙💙 4mo
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TheAromaofBooks
Slowness: A Novel | Milan Kundera

Is anyone else having issues with Litsy's website? I have tried multiple browsers and posts don't want to load; I get "Bad Gateway" messages while waiting for the comment area to load. If I do get the comment area to come up, it takes forever to post my comment or doesn't post it at all. The app seems to be okay. Any thoughts/is anyone else having these problems?

Bookwormjillk I‘ve been having issues with both versions off and on. It just seems sluggish. 8mo
Librarybelle I had some slow issues posting #NancyDrewBR posts a couple of days ago—I use the website to post the buddy read questions. Not the Bad Gateway issue, but things were very slow. 8mo
Jari-chan Same here. But the app works fine. 8mo
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PuddleJumper Yeah, I've had a lot of problems when loading comments or tagging people. It usually sorts itself out but it's frustrating 8mo
lil1inblue I had to send in my phone for repairs, so I've been attempting to use the website. I can like posts, and it's hit or miss if I can comment. I cannot create my own posts - I get the bad gateway message. It's a little frustrating because this is really my only social media right now. 8mo
lil1inblue I had to send in my phone for repairs, so I've been attempting to use the website. I can like posts, and it's hit or miss if I can comment. I cannot create my own posts - I get the bad gateway message. It's a little frustrating because this is really my only social media right now. 8mo
dabbe YES! Are you using the website instead of the app? I am, and it‘s driving me crazy! I‘ve emailed litsy@librarything.com with the issue and took a snapshot of the “bad gateway” message. I got a reply this morning saying they were working on it. Maybe if you sent an email, too, they‘d know it was a bigger issue. 8mo
dabbe @Bookwormjillk @Librarybelle @Jari-chan @PuddleJumper @lil1inblue Please send an email with the issues to litsy@librarything.com so they know that the website is having some serious problems. They did email me this morning and said someone was working on it, but maybe if they see it‘s quite a few of us, they‘ll work even faster. 🤩 8mo
Bookwormjillk @dabbe will do thanks 8mo
Bookwormjillk @dabbe will do thanks 8mo
lil1inblue @dabbe Thanks for the email address! I'll send one, as well. 👍 8mo
Jari-chan @dabbe Thank you. On it. 8mo
TheAromaofBooks @Bookwormjillk @Librarybelle @PuddleJumper @lil1inblue @dabbe - I think we're back!! I almost exclusively use the website vs the app because it's so much easier to track notifications, so I've been quite aggravated 😂 Denise, thank you for sharing the email address!! 8mo
Librarybelle Yay!! 8mo
Bookwormjillk Came online to test. Yay!! 8mo
dabbe @TheAromaofBooks YW! 🤗 I basically use just the web site, too, and I've been FLIPPED OUT this whole week! I think it's back, too. 🤞🏻 8mo
AnnCrystal Glad Litsy has returned 👏🥳📚💝. 8mo
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